Seikei University

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Seikei University
成蹊大学

Established:	Founded 1906, Chartered 1949
Type:	Private
President:	Keisuke Kurita
Location:	Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Campus:	Urban
Colors:	Prussian blue
Website:	Seikei University (English) Seikei University (Japanese)

Seikei University (成蹊大学, -daigaku^?) is private university in the Kichijōji neighborhood of the city of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. Its name derives from a passage in the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian. Its campus is noted for its beautiful rows of zelkova trees.

The university was established in 1949. Its predecessor dates back to 1906 and was supported by Koyata Iwasaki, the fourth head of the Mitsubishi zaibatsu. The university still has close connections with the Mitsubishi Group.

1 Organization
2 Famous alumni
3 External links

[edit] Organization

Campus of Seikei University

[edit] Faculties

Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Science and Technology

[edit] Graduate Schools

Graduate School of Economics
Graduate School of Business
Graduate School of Law and Political Science
Graduate School of Humanities
Graduate School of Engineering
Law School

[edit] Research Institutes

Center for Asian and Pacific Studies

[edit] Famous alumni

Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan, former President of Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Gou Kajitani, attorney at law, former President of Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Natsuo Kirino, novelist (Naoki Prize winner)
Mariko Koike, novelist (Naoki Prize winner)
Ira Ishida, novelist (Naoki Prize winner)
Haruhiko Yoshimeki, novelist (Akutagawa Prize winner)
Kiichi Nakai, actor
Hairi Katagiri, actress
Hiroshi Kazato, racecar driver
Takashi Kusama, President of Shinko Seculities
Izumi Kobayashi, President of Merrill Lynch Japan
Koichi Furukawa, President of Morinaga Milk Industry
Yukiatsu Akizawa, Chairman of ampm Japan
Toshio Mita, President of Chūbu Electric Power Company
Yuji Hanabusa, President of TEAC
Yoshitaka Hori, President of Horipro
Masahiro Oga, President of Shogakukan